Studio Practice -Studio Portraits and Studio Photographers

Michal Macku 

Untitled - Glass Gellage No. XVII 

Glass & Combined Technique

29 cm x 39cm x 4 cm, 2008 (3/12)

 

Untitled - Glass Gellage No. IV

Glass & Combined Technique

39 cm x 31 cm x 4cm, 2008 (6/12) 

Lucas Simoes
Desmemorias y Desretratos

  

Maurizio Anzeri

Mia 
Embroidery on photograph    
48cm x W33cm









Enrico - 2014                               
Embroidery on photograph     
18 x 13 cm    

Leopold - 2014      
Embroidery on photograph
38 x 30 cm

Sarah Ann Loreth

  

Lee towndrow 

  

Kalle Gustafsson

  

Sarah Cheng-De Winne

  

Thomas Kettner

  

How lighting should be set up

Rembrant Lighting 

 

With Rembrandt lighting the main light is on the right of the subject which produces the maximum amount of like on the right of the subjects face, to the left of the subject there is a fill this is there to just capture the details of the left side of the subject face instead of it being too dark. The hair light I positioned quiet close to the subject head bringing out the detail in the hair and the top of the head. The back light is placed in the standard position behind the subject creating a brightness making the subject stand out more.

Clamshell Lighting

 

Clamshell lighting is usually used in fashion photography with two key lights at the front of the subject one high above the subject and one facing up at the subject, although they aren’t just bare lights there are filtered with an umbrella which softens the light and makes the lighting not too harsh so it doesn’t pick up any details on the subjects face.

Backlight

Behind the model there is a backlight place which makes the main light shine around the back of the models head; this creates more focus on the model and creates depth. Although this isn’t the only camera in the studio there is a main light filtered with a soft box in front of the model which lights up there face but doesn’t ever power the details, there is also a reflector which is optional but if you have the reflector it adds a tint of light onto the lift side and works like a fill light.

Rim lighting 

 

Rim lighting is where two lights are placed just behind the model shinning towards the camera exposing each side of the models face, this technique is good because it creates an almost symmetrical lighting effect on the model, in from of the model you can also have a reflector this bounces the light onto the front of the model face creating a bit more detail on the models face and makes the face more visible.